Nick Fury has a dangerous mission for the Punisher: break into a Siberian nuclear missile silo and steal a lethal retrovirus. But Castle's mission soon sets off a chain reaction that will bring him into conflict with a ruthless Russian General - and take the world to the brink of war. Then, mobster Nicky Cavella returns to plague the Punisher, but when his scheme unleashes a wave of violence that rocks New York to its core, other predators start to emerge from the darkness. COLLECTING: PUNISHER (2004) #13-30.

The Punisher's fiercest foe returns! As if a load of buckshot to the chest in shark-infested waters could put Barracuda down for good. But is even he man enough to play bodyguard to the hemophiliac son of a dangerous mob boss? If Barracuda can survive that gig, he'll be out to settle his score with Frank Castle. Meanwhile, the skull-chested vigilante hunts his biggest game of all, and makes Riker's prison his own personal playground. Plus, tales from Frank Castle's beginning and end! COLLECTING: PUNISHER PRESENTS: BARRACUDA 1-5, PUNISHER (2004) 50-60, PUNISHER: THE TYGER, PUNISHER: THE CELL, PUNISHER: THE END

Collects Punisher MAX X-Mas Special, Punisher: Naked Kill, Punisher: Get Castle, Punisher: Butterfly, Punisher: Happy Ending, Punisher: Hot Rods of Death, Punisher: Tiny Ugly World, Untold Tales of Punisher MAX #1-5. Frank Castle's relentless war on crime continues! It's Christmas, and the Punisher is checking off his naughty list! Frank gets creative to take down snuff filmmakers! In the United Kingdom, he takes on some of Earth's hardest soldiers, the SAS, and unleashes his war wagon against a biker gang! But when a hit woman releases her lurid tell-all book, will the Punisher be her salvation, temptation...or damnation? Plus: stories from the murky world that exists in the Punisher's shadow, starring an opportunistic psycho, a frantic father, a mild-mannered accountant and the young son of one of Frank's victims.

Best-selling author Kevin Maurer joins Nathan Edmondson for a story of jungle warfare! American soldiers are being held by a South American drug lord, when suddenly a new prisoner arrives...Frank Castle! But not all is as it seems on either side of the bars, and now a wounded Frank and a Special Forces medic must hazard dangerous terrain and merciless mercenaries to escape! Then, the Punisher finds himself fighting alongside - or against? - Black Widow for access to a deadly criminal network. But can either survive being trapped on an abandoned oil tanker with Crossbones and his Skull Squad? And back in LA, a new crime lord with a personal vendetta against Frank Castle has arisen! COLLECTING: The Punisher 7-12, Black Widow 9

The Mob has set a trap for Frank Castle, turning low-level enforcer Wilson Fisk into a fictional "Kingpin of Crime" for Frank to target. But Fisk decides he quite likes his new position...enough to kill his bosses to keep it. Suddenly, the Punisher finds himself in a one-on-one war with a deadly threat...and he must decide how far he is willing to go to take the Kingpin down! Contending with dirty cops, battling the Kingpin's henchmen Bullseye and Elektra, and suffering through a stint in prison, Frank Castle is brought lower than he has ever been. But as the Kingpin of Crime will soon find out - all that means is that Frank has nothing left to lose! COLLECTING: Punisher MAX 1-22, Punisher MAX X-Mas Special

Collects two stories of the Punisher, including "Mother Russia," in which Nicky Fury sends Frank Castle on a suicide mission searching for a deadly retrovirus whose sale on the black market could bring the world to its knees.

He's the best there is at what he does...and Wolverine's not so bad, either. Writer Jason Aaron's (PUNISHERMAX, Scalped) acclaimed and character-defining Wolverine run concludes in this final volume! Joined by some of comics' top artists, Aaron puts Wolverine through a physical and emotional wringer as the feral hero wreaks vengeance on the Red Right Hand, the group that sent him to Hell...but the final twist in their horrific plan might shatt er Wolverine's spirit completely! COLLECTING: Wolverine 10-20, 300-304

Deadpool uncensored! Government agent Wade Wilson is a valuable assassin, but the unstable killer needs the guidance of a steady hand. It's Bob's job to make sure Deadpool completes his missions - by any means necessary. Unfortunately, Deadpool considers him something of a sidekick, and it's always the sidekick who takes one for the team. Then, Deadpool gets married! But things spiral straight down the tubes when his blushing bride goes on a murder spree that threatens to destroy Deadpool's newly formed nuclear family. Plus: Deadpool and Bob take on Hydra - but when Bob is framed for a terrorist act and hunted by the U.S. government, he and Deadpool go on the run in a heartfelt, soul-searching journey full of sex, drugs and excessive violence! Collecting DEADPOOL MAX #1-12, DEADPOOL MAX 2 #1-6 and the DEADPOOL MAX X-MAS SPECIAL.

Although the Iron Fist's legend is immortal, Danny Rand is definitely not! Why is Danny sweating over an inescapable legacy that has haunted the Iron Fists for centuries? And what is the deeper meaning of Xao's ominous threat? As Danny and the Immortal Weapons begin another dimension-spanning adventure, they discover that the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven...might have an Eighth! COLLECTING: Immortal Iron Fist 17-27, Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California 1, Immortal Weapons 1-5, Immortal Weapons Sketchbook

This work provides an extensive guide for students, fans, and collectors of Marvel Comics. Focusing on Marvel's mainstream comics, the author provides a detailed description of each comic along with a bibliographic citation listing the publication's title, writers/artists, publisher, ISBN (if available), and a plot synopsis. One appendix provides a comprehensive alphabetical index of Marvel and Marvel–related publications to 2005, while two other appendices provide selected lists of Marvel-related game books and unpublished Marvel titles.